News Releases

All of the latest news about our university. (by topic)

  • Media Advisory: UB's Media Study Department to Celebrate 35th Anniversary
    5/1/09
    The University at Buffalo Department of Media Study -- widely considered the birthplace of modern media study -- will mark its 35th anniversary this weekend with a three-day celebration that will include lots of reminiscences, as well as screenings and presentations of departmental work.
  • UB monitors swine flu, issues precautionary reminders
    5/1/09
    The University at Buffalo's Emergency Preparedness team is closely and proactively monitoring developments that have occurred over the past several days to the rapidly changing swine flu outbreak. The team will provide updates, as necessary, to the UB community about how these developments may affect UB. Please consult UB's Emergency Preparedness Web site (http://www.emergency.buffalo.edu) for updates.
  • World's Premier James Joyce Collection to Mount Major Exhibit in June
    4/30/09
    On June 13, the most extensive exhibition of material from the world's premier James Joyce Collection will open in Buffalo, N.Y., as part of Eire on the Erie, the 2009 North American Joyce Conferenece. "Discovering James Joyce: The University at Buffalo Collection," will feature a vast number of personal and literary artifacts related to the 20th century's most influential and intensely scrutinized writer.
  • Shore Promoted to Senior Assistant Dean and Director of External Relations for UB School of Management
    4/30/09
    Cynthia M. Shore of Kenmore has been promoted to senior assistant dean and director of external relations for the University at Buffalo School of Management, Dean Arjang A. Assad announced today.
  • UB Law Alumni Honors Five Graduates and Administrative Judge Sharon Townsend at Annual Dinner
    4/30/09
    The University at Buffalo Law Alumni Association will honor five UB graduates and Justice Sharon S. Townsend, administrative judge of the Eighth Judicial District, at the 47th annual UB Law Alumni Association meeting and dinner at 6 p.m. on May 5 in the Hyatt Regency Buffalo.
  • $50,000 Prize4Life Discovery Prize Awarded to UB Physician for Innovative ALS Research
    4/29/09
    A University at Buffalo dermatologist has won a $50,000 Prize4Life ALS Biomarker Challenge Discovery Prize for developing a promising biomarker that can be used to assess disease progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
  • UB Senior Named One of 20 on USA Today All-USA College Academic First Team
    4/29/09
    Aaron Krolikowski of Glenwood, N.Y., a senior at the University at Buffalo with an outstanding record of academic and environmental achievement, has been named to the USA Today All-USA College Academic Team First Team, an award honoring students for their outstanding accomplishments as undergraduates.
  • Media Advisory: UB to Host Foreign Trade Commissioners, Part of Governor's International Effort
    4/29/09
    A delegation of 60 Foreign Trade Commissioners, brought to Buffalo by Governor Paterson, will participate in a panel discussion with leaders from the University at Buffalo to discuss how UB's collaborations with industry have generated economic growth regionally and around the world.
  • UB Entrepreneurship Competition Awards $35,000 in Seed Money
    4/29/09
    Two teams won more than $35,000 in cash in the University at Buffalo's Henry A. Panasci Jr. Technology Entrepreneurship Competition (Panasci TEC) for their innovative ideas in online English tutoring and chemical detection systems.
  • New Study Defines Neurological Deficits in Pediatric MS patients
    4/28/09
    A study by researchers in the University at Buffalo's Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Center of Excellence has produced the first examination of deficits in pediatric patients with demyelinating disorders compared to healthy children, using a new battery of neuropsychological tests for pediatric multiple sclerosis.